This marks the 81st year of the event held at the Belhaven University Athletic Bow. Performances are 7:30 p.m. each day.

A new 35-foot tall wood and metal tree structure holds up to 100 men and women singers. Christmas tree singers hold large strands of LED lights, which change colors in various patterns and sequences according to the character of each Christmas carol.

The annual event started in 1933 as an idea by a former music professor Mignonne Caldwell, who wanted to share the concert with others in the community. Caldwell moved the concert outside then she recruited the college engineer to build the first wooden tree frame for the choir.